[IRCA] KCEG-780 Pueblo CO now apparently 24 hr...
My local KCEG-780 Fountain (Pueblo) CO is apparently now 24 hour, noted on at 2 AM Sunday morning MDT and it sure didn't sound like any testing.? Still no live announcers but very regular ID's, had one that sound Your favorite classic country hits, day and night, here at The Ranch.? They are 1900 w. days, 700 w. nights, directional north/south.? Very distinct format on 780.? Their studios are in Pueblo on Thatcher Street, xmtr north of Pueblo along east side of I-25, 6 tower array.? They had been running a 6 AM-10 PM schedule (approximate) but look to appear to be 24 hour (at least on the weekend)... 73's Bob Wien Colorado Springs, CO ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2012 Apr 29 1805 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 28 April follow. Solar flux 121 and estimated planetary A-index 5. The estimated planetary K-index at 1800 UTC on 29 April was 1. No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 28 28 28 28 28 28 28 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 UTC 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 SFlx 118 118 118 118 118 118 121 121 121 121 121 121 121 121 A-in 88888855555555 K-in 11121212221111 Current Solar information available at http://www.am-dx.com/wwv.htm ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] WWV Solar Report
:Product: Geophysical Alert Message wwv.txt :Issued: 2012 Apr 30 0005 UTC # Prepared by the US Dept. of Commerce, NOAA, Space Weather Prediction Center # # Geophysical Alert Message # Solar-terrestrial indices for 29 April follow. Solar flux 116 and estimated planetary A-index 5. The estimated planetary K-index at UTC on 30 April was 0. No space weather storms were observed for the past 24 hours. No space weather storms are predicted for the next 24 hours. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Trends -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Date 28 28 28 28 28 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 29 30 UTC 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 0300 0600 0900 1200 1500 1800 2100 SFlx 118 118 118 118 121 121 121 121 121 121 121 121 116 116 A-in 88885555555555 K-in 12121222111110 Current Solar information available at http://www.am-dx.com/wwv.htm ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] ULR DX.......One New Station Logged at SUNSET Tonight!!
Hi Guys: Well..with Richard Allen logging his 1,000th ULR Station the other morning, I figured I had better get busy and log some New Ones!! He is sneaking up on me real fast, and I figure he will whiz past me very soon!! I haven't done much AM DXing since March and hadn't logged anything NEW so far in the Month of April. I did about an hours worth of Sunset DXing tonight, and was lucky enough to bag one NEW STATION!! The Band was fairly quiet but not a lot of DX being heard aside from this one. It is NEW to both the ULR and OVERALL LOGS. RADIO USEDSONY SRF-T615 Ultralight BAREFOOT ULR LOG TOTALS are now1008 Stations Heard ^^^ 73...ROB VA3SW Robert S. Ross London, Ontario CANADA *** 1250 WGHB Farmville, NORTH CAROLINA April/29/12 2024 EDTEE GOOD Male Host with a Yahoo Sports Talk Show @ 2024 EDT Tune In. Male DJ with ID as Right here on PIRATE RADIO 1250 and 930. (WGBH runs // with 930 WDLX). Also IDs as Yahoo Sports Radio. I also //'d this to the LIVE WEBFEED. More Yahoo Sports Radio Talk. I believe they run both ESPN and Yahoo Programs at times. Several other Pirate Radio 1250 and 930 IDS. NEW STATION ULR # 1008 5KW/2.5 KW Nights ROSS, ONT. ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] FW: 1000th station heard on ULR
Congrats Richard! On 4/28/2012 1:30, richa...@perryisp.net wrote: After four years and one month, I was able to log station #1000 on my barefoot Sony SRF-T615. 4/27/12 1100 UTC 880 kHz XEPNK, Los Mochis, Sinaloa, México (2 kW @ 1611 km / 1001 mi). Heard at 1100 with woman announcing ochenta ocho A M, the national anthem of México at 1100-1102, and the recently adopted anthem of Sinaloa at 1102-1104. A brief, mostly unintelligible announcement by a woman at 1104, followed by a romantic song performed by a woman at 1105. The signal strength was poor with moderate QRM from Grupo Fórmula station XEV. There was also slight QRM from KRVN. It is México #181 and Sinaloa #13. From rural northern Oklahoma I've been able to hear stations in 19 countries on four continents using an Ultralight. I've yet to hear any signals from Oceania or South America. My furthermost reception is HLAZ, 1566 kHz, Jeju, Republic of Korea, at 11004 km / 6838 miles. Using a barefoot receiver it is JOGB, 873 kHz, Kumamoto, Japan, at 10820 km / 6723 miles. My original intent was never to see how many stations I could log with an Ultralight Radio. It simply evolved in that direction as I continued to listen. Originally it was the challenge of hearing signals from Asia and Europe on a pocket size receiver. It occurred a few months later when I heard JOUB, Akita, Japan, on 747 kHz. Hearing faint Japanese talk here in Oklahoma on a tiny SRF-T615 receiver that first time remains the most exciting moment in this adventure. I think the only thing that could beat it would be to hear Australia. Best wishes and good DX. Richard Richard Allen 36°22'51N / 97°26'35W (near Perry OK USA) ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
[IRCA] Correction to ULR #1000
While I did indeed hear station #1000 when I said, it was XETC and not XEPNK as originally stated. 4/27/12 1100 UTC 880 kHz XETC, Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico (10 kW @ 1327 km / 825 mi). There were several things not making sense to me about my original identification. The first was why was a station in Sinaloa playing the national anthem at that hour? The second, was the station announcement, Ocho Ochenta A M. Then, the lyrics to the state anthem didn't sound right for that of the similar sounding Sinaloan tune. So after mucho replaying of the reception's recording I was able to correctly identified the station. Most stations in the Central time zone of México broadcast el himno nacional at 1100 UTC between April 1 and October 28, 2012. Sinaloa is in the Mountain time zone where most stations broadcast the anthem around 1200 UTC. The state anthem heard clearly began with the lyrics Hoy rendimos un tributo a Coahuila. The Sinaloa anthem starts with Somos tierra y cuna de ejemplares héroes, que han dada la vivo en por Sinaloa. The state anthems can be an useful tool in identifying Mexican station. Probably the easiest is that of the state of Veracruz in which Veracruz is clearly repeated several times. The identification wasn't made any easier because of QRM from XEV, Chihuahua CH MEX. Since XEV is a Grupo Fórmula network station it sometimes broadcasts the ID of XERFR. XERFR is the network's flagship station in México City on 970 kHz. I again heard XETC on 4/29/11. They were broadcasting a jazz tune with English lyrics. At 1130 UTC there was an ID by a woman, Kiuu, (raya estatica), Ocho Ochenta A M, with Ocho Ochenta A M repeated by a man. The signal finally fade away under XEV at 1135. Buena DX. Richard. Richard Allen 36°22'51N / 97°26'35W (near Perry OK USA) ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Correction to ULR #1000
Congratulations, Richard - and thanks a bunch for those state anthem tips! Steve Francis Alcoa, Tennessee -Original Message- From: richarda richa...@perryisp.net To: irca irca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Sun, Apr 29, 2012 11:17 pm Subject: [IRCA] Correction to ULR #1000 While I did indeed hear station #1000 when I said, it was XETC and not XEPNK as originally stated. 4/27/12 1100 UTC 880 kHz XETC, Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico (10 kW @ 1327 km / 825 mi). There were several things not making sense to me about my original identification. The first was why was a station in Sinaloa playing the national anthem at that hour? The second, was the station announcement, Ocho Ochenta A M. Then, the lyrics to the state anthem didn't sound right for that of the similar sounding Sinaloan tune. So after mucho replaying of the reception's recording I was able to correctly identified the station. Most stations in the Central time zone of México broadcast el himno nacional at 1100 UTC between April 1 and October 28, 2012. Sinaloa is in the Mountain time zone where most stations broadcast the anthem around 1200 UTC. The state anthem heard clearly began with the lyrics Hoy rendimos un tributo a Coahuila. The Sinaloa anthem starts with Somos tierra y cuna de ejemplares héroes, que han dada la vivo en por Sinaloa. The state anthems can be an useful tool in identifying Mexican station. Probably the easiest is that of the state of Veracruz in which Veracruz is clearly repeated several times. The identification wasn't made any easier because of QRM from XEV, Chihuahua CH MEX. Since XEV is a Grupo Fórmula network station it sometimes broadcasts the ID of XERFR. XERFR is the network's flagship station in México City on 970 kHz. I again heard XETC on 4/29/11. They were broadcasting a jazz tune with English lyrics. At 1130 UTC there was an ID by a woman, Kiuu, (raya estatica), Ocho Ochenta A M, with Ocho Ochenta A M repeated by a man. The signal finally fade away under XEV at 1135. Buena DX. Richard. Richard Allen 36°22'51N / 97°26'35W (near Perry OK USA) ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
Re: [IRCA] Mini DXpedition
Not sure where Mark lives but we could meet in Sioux Falls and take my car or van up depending on how many people are interested. This is where we stayed. Black's Pheasant Fields http://blackspheasantfields.com/index.html and a Satellite Map http://mapq.st/IMSjWk. The tentative opening date for Pheasant Season this year is Oct. 20th depending on the Spring bird census and since we had such a mild winter it may get moved back to the 13th this year. Between now and then the place is pretty much empty but forget it once pheasant season starts. The cabins all have refrigerators, stovetops and microwaves and the commercial kitchen is available for use as long as you clean up after yourself. I really should have taken the DX-302 since we had 40+MPH winds and near freezing temps so running a wire out a window was out of the question. Wound up with ~20' of wire hanging from the light fixtures and no ground. My DX-440 barefoot would have been better but the primary purpose of the trip was relaxation and I did get a good idea of the RF environment there. I discovered that the R71-A is excellent from 160M and up, if my code was better I'd have been logging Hams on 80 and 40 as fast as I could write. From 500KHz down to WWVB it also does quite well though the preamp doesn't function below 1800KHz, Caught Fargo-AA and Orange City, IA-ORC and Marshall, MN-GB as well as the familiar FS. For MW with a minimal antenna it sucks. Stock radio/antenna in my '97 Lincoln did better with the ignition off. The only station of note was WOI just before they switched to night pattern, S5, at 8PM Saturday. KBRK and KJAM were at S8, KJJQ at S7, WNAX at S5 and KSOO at S6. I'm going to spare the group any detailed logs since nothing Earthshaking is in them other than general reception conditions. Lightning crashes most of the weekend didn't help matters any. I think the R71-A must have a crippled MW band like many communications receivers that I didn't notice here because of the high RF environment. I'll have to get the schematic and maybe do some surgery. The Wide filter is still too narrow for MW listening but not for picking up IDs and such. The homebrew receiver and loops will probably get their first field test there later this spring/early summer. (Hermit weekend) Overall it's a VERY quiet RF environment. Other than the lightning crashes the only noticeable noise was from the high efficiency furnace, even most of the light bulbs are still incandescent. The owner is a full time Farmer and there was an hour or so when he had to do some welding to get his equipment going again to get his crops in when it was pretty noisy (S2). I can drive a ground rod as long as it's left and close enough to a building that the mower won't hit it and temporary poles for longwires are OK as long as they don't tear up the turf. A Beverage or BOG aimed at Mexico, SA or Oz would be simple from the southern cabins or aiming for AK and Russia from the northern ones would be fairly easy. Beverage to W,NW,SW would be easy from any of the cabins but with our weather I'd suggest bringing a loop/active. That area has been known to have ice storms in late September and sunny with highs in the 80s in mid October. I'll make it tentative for the weekend of Oct. 6th since my Lady's job duties are going to prevent our fall West Coast trip this year. :( For anyone looking for a real TA/TP challenge there's a Lodge near Martin, SD that's only 8 Miles from the North American Pole of Inaccessibility. ;-) The Pole itself is on Tribal land and considered sacred by some (Heart of the World) so a DXpedition there would be difficult if not impossible to get permission for. Tim Hills Sioux Falls, SD R71-A unmodified except for a PIEXX memory module (as far as I know) DX-302 front end and IF mods DX-440 front end mod 2 DX-160s, one with radical mods one unmodded DX-399 no Mods. Homebrew DC-30MHz under final testing 1997 Lincoln stock radio/antenna Frankentenna, bundled active Ferrite MW/LW remote tuned and rotating antenna ~10' above ground 30 dual spiral active 85' longwire with 16:1 to 1:1 variable BALUN. Homebrew active LW-SW antenna. Homebrew preselector/phasor under construction And a bunch of junk I'm putting on Craigslist. On 4/27/2012 23:39, Rick Dau wrote: Tim, I assume by early fall, you're looking at late September/early October? I would be all for that, as well. :) 73, Rick Dau reporting from on the road in Eagle River, Wisconsin (headed to Hancock, Michigan tomorrow with Frank Merrill) From: Mark Durenbergerma...@durenberger.com To: Mailing list for the International Radio Club of Americairca@hard-core-dx.com Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2012 11:14 PM Subject: Re: [IRCA] Mini DXpedition Tim: Count on me if your dates work! Regards, Mark Durenberger -- From: Tim Hillsthi...@sio.midco.net Sent:
[IRCA] 1050 NYC now an FM simulcast (for now)
Just in case anyone hasn't heard the big news out of New York City yet, at midnight ESPN began leasing WRKS (98.7) from Emmis. From now until September, 98.7 is simulcasting ESPN Radio with WEPN 1050, and at least based on the first half-hour, ALL the on-air mentions are 98.7. In September, ESPN will flip WEPN 1050 to ESPN Deportes Spanish-language sports talk...but from now until then, if you hear 98.7 amidst the sports talk on 1050, it's WEPN, which should make it a little easier to distinguish from the TSN Radio sports talk also on 1050 via Toronto's CHUM. s ___ IRCA mailing list IRCA@hard-core-dx.com http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: irca@hard-core-dx.com
